# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-wheldon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:57:30.442Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-wheldon"
name: "Dan Wheldon"
slug: "dan-wheldon"
description: "Daniel Clive Wheldon was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series for Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011, and was co-winner of the 2006 24 Hours of Daytona with Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR)."
tagline: "British racing driver (1978–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Wheldon_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1978-06-22"
deathDate: "2011-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.93737189961984
  historical:           21.34952666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump